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Ubisoft's Skull and Bones Presentation Coming This Week
Ubisoft has announced that a Ubisoft Forward show will take place in two days. During the event we will see a gameplay from Skull and Bones.
video games
Agnes Adamus
July 5, 2022
Skull and Bones is Now a Live-service Game
Thanks to Ubisoft's financial report, we learned that Skull and Bones has been turned into a live-service game. It was also reported that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is expected to debut before April 2023.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 18, 2022
Jade Raymond's New Live-Service Game Will Use Revolutionary Solutions
Jade Raymond has shared new information on her studio's debut project. The live-service game from Haven Studios is expected to take full advantage of the PS5's potential, though it will also appear on PC.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
February 8, 2022
Sony Reports: Boxes Dying Out, Microtransactions Worth More Than Games
Sony's new financial report shows that microtransactions are the biggest source of revenue for PlayStation games. In the light of this news it's no surprise that the corporation has as many as 10 live-service game planned.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 8, 2022
PS5 Sells Worse Than PS4; Sony Wants to Release 10 Live-service Games by 2027
Sony has released its financial report for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. From it, we learned that PS5 is selling worse than PS4, but probably still better than XSX|S. What's more, the Japanese company wants to release 10 live-service games by the end of 2026.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
February 2, 2022
Bungie Will Support Sony in Live-service Game Development
Bungie will continue to create multiplatform titles - the acquisition by Sony will not change anything here. Instead, the studio will assist the company in the development of live-service games.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
February 1, 2022
„This Style of Review is Dead” - Jeff Gerstmann on Gaming Journalism and Live-service Games
While reviewing Halo Infinite, Giantbomb's journalist Jeff Gertsmann shared his thoughts on the shape of video game reviews and their relevance in their current form in the age of increasing popularity of live-service games and subscriptions.
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Michal Ciezadlik
December 7, 2021
Buying All Items in Marvel's Avengers Would Cost Thousands of Dollars
One Marvel's Avengers player counted how much buying all the cosmetic items in the game would cost. The total amount is impressive.
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Adrian Werner
November 22, 2021
Marvel's Avengers Failure Caused by Poorly Chosen Studio; Square Enix Draws Conclusions
Square Enix has once again spoken out on the poor performance of Marvel's Avengers and admitted that it needs to match projects to the „unique qualities and talents” of its studios in the future.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 4, 2021
Assassin's Creed Infinity Won't be an F2P Game
The upcoming Assassin's Creed will not be a free-to-play game. Such information was revealed during the recent investor call.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
October 29, 2021
Impostors is Fortnite's New Mode Inspired by Among Us
Epic Games' billion-dollar game Fortnite added an Impostors mode, inspired by last year's popular hit Among Us.
video games
August 17, 2021
Battlefield Aims at Live-service Model; EA Wants Players Engaged 365 Days a Year
Battlefield 2042 is supposed to usher in a new form of development for the franchise, one that is more like a service than a series of standalone games. Among other things, EA wants new installments released every two years. Free components are also being considered.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 5, 2021
EA is Making a Ton of Money on Live-service Games
Live-service games like Apex Legends and FUT mode in FIFA 21 remain a vein of gold for Electronic Arts. Meanwhile, the publisher is reporting diminishing revenues from sales of its titles.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2021
Sony's New Exclusive From Jade Raymond to be a Live-service Game
According to an anonymous recruiter who provided information to the Italian website Multiplayer.it, Sony's new exclusive title from Jade Raymond is expected to be a live-service game.
video games
July 21, 2021
Ubisoft Confirms Assassin's Creed Will Switch to Live-service Formula
Ubisoft admitted that the future of the Assassin's Creed series lies in the live-service model. At the same time, we were assured that Infinity will retain the character of the previous installments.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
July 21, 2021
Assassin's Creed Infinity May be a Live-service Game, Claims Jason Schreier
Jason Schreier revealed what we can expect from the Assassin's Creed series in the future. According to the journalist, the next project associated with the franchise will be a huge live-service game.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
July 7, 2021
Ultimate Team Modes Bring EA $3k Per Minute
Ultimate Team packs continue to bring Electronic Arts huge money. According to the company's financial report, last year alone the revenue from lootboxes in sports series like FIFA amounted to more than one and a half billion dollars.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 28, 2021
EA With Record Revenue; Plans to Develop Live-service Games
Electronic Arts boasted record revenue in last fiscal year, with as much as $4 billion coming from live-service games (LGS). CEO Andrew Wilson talks about further development of the category.
video games
Angelika Kaldus
May 12, 2021
New Projects From Warner Bros. Games Bet on Live-service Model
Everything seems to indicate that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will emphasize the so-called live-service games. This follows from the announcement on the developer's website about internship offers.
video games
Edwin Witaszek
January 26, 2021
Microtransactions Dominate; Game Sales Revenue Becomes Secondary
According to Newzoo analysts, this year as much as 74% of the industry's revenue will come from microransactions. The sales of premium games will provide only 21%.
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Adrian Werner
June 26, 2020